At tibi prīma, puer, nūllō mūnuscula cultū
errantīs hederās passim cum baccare tellūs
mixtaque rīdentī colocāsia fundet acanthō. 20
ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae
ūbera, nec māgnōs metuent armenta leōnēs;
ipsa tibī blandōs fundent cūnābula flōrēs.
occidet et serpēns, et fallāx herba venēnī
occidet; Assyrium vulgō nāscētur amōmum. 25
vocabulary
mūnusculum –ī n.: a small gift or favor
cultus cultūs m.: cultivation
hedera –ae f.: ivy
passim: here and there
baccar –aris n.: baccar, cyclamen, a small fragrant plant
colocāsium –ī n.: Egyptian bean, marsh lily
acanthus –ī m.: acanthus
lac –lactis n.: milk
distendō –ere –tendī –tentus: to stretch out; distend; fill
capella capellae f.: she-goat
ūber ūberis n.: udder
armentum –ī n.: cattle; herd
leō leōnis m.: lion
blandus –a –um: charming, pleasant
cūnābula –ōrum n.: a cradle; birthplace
occidō occidere occidī occāsus: to fall, perish; die
serpēns –entis: creeping thing; snake
fallax –ācis: deceitful, treacherous, false
herba herbae f.: grass, herb
venēnum venēnī n.: poison
occidō occidere occidī occāsus: to fall, perish; die
Assyrius –a –um: Assyrian
amōmum –ī n.: amomum, a kind of spice